bluefish;
Good evening to you sir, I trust this last Monday in November finds you well.

Way back in the day I had a thread called "Mauser on a Diet" which though the photos are now gone for still gives sorta the gist of how I built my current "walking around gun".

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt.../3660460/98-mauser-on-a-diet#Post3660460

Since that initial build, I ended up unscrewing the .270 Featherweight barrel and had a gunsmith up the valley make a near new Swede military barrel fit into my '98 action.

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The total weight loaded now is 7lbs 4oz.

The build sheet list is more or less:
- commercial between the wars 98 action
- Swede military barrel original contour 21"
- Wildcat Composites stock
- FN extractor
- Timney trigger
- 2.5 oz bottom metal
- Timney Beuhler safety
- Wolff blitzschnell mainspring
- Glue on recoil pad - less than 1 oz.
- vanilla Weaver bases
- ugly but light Bushnell split rings
- Boonie Packer rifle sling

Anyway as always there's a bunch of dirt roads heading into Mecca, but this was one and it was truly mine. It fits me really well and is an absolute pleasure to pack around the local mountains.

Good luck with your project whichever way you decide and all the best to you as we head into winter.

Dwayne

The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"